Improvement in portable lanterns



.To all whom it mag/.concern- .-Be' pit known that' 1. CHARLES city, county1and State of NewYork, have iuvented anew and Improved Portable Lan# 1 tern .and I do hereby declare-that the-followin g is a full, clear', and exactdescription thereof',-

make anduse t he'sarne,refernee bein g had to i. the accompanying. drawings, forming this sliecijcatioinlin whichl.

justed. foruse. Fig.; 2 a sidejsectional view of j the-,same adjusted lin a compact 'stat`ejforthe vSimiliar letters of reference 'indicate corre. spon di,ng parts 1 ...sccket`0r tnbe, provided with a .s pring' to re,- ceiveacandle, with a 'casehavinga'glassfron: undin usuch a-.Inanner that thetubemay be' tern is net required for usefan'd'nlso adjusted :so that the tube A may'iserve asa handle when The case `ot `V the lanternV is provided with -protects it when-thelantern is not in use and is capable-'of being raised to/serve `a'sxa-1 re- The invention fis more especially v for army or-.camp purposes; but`it `will prove quently .melts under 'theheat. of" the flame,

' 0', of gemirerclarjfernrints'transxerse section Tand connected ati'ts'back edf't'01" 12 uppbr'end.

of the rear of iD'FigvUiSuTED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE UHARLS DEAVS, ,OF NEW YORK, N. ASSIGNOR TO E. I?. ARCHER AND GEORGE PAN()CAST, 0F SAME PLAGE.`

IMP'PgovEMENT IN PCFLTABLE LANTERNS.

' Specification forming part of Letters MiNr). 46,184. dated January 31, 1865.

Dnuvs, ofthe"- which will enabletho'se skilled in the'art to.

part of Figure -1 isa fronrview-Qf my ipv-entio 'packet or other, receptacle.

shoved entirely within the casewhere the 1anthe I anternis' in use'andahandlegisrequied.

cmer which closes over the "glass front and tlector when thelantc'rnisin usey designedv aconvenient'device for general use, it being durable' and the case' .con s t ructed in such' a manner that no solder is required, which fre'- andcaui'sestheparts to become detached.

ln: serves as a geeeter.

urne ap @faire ease-1a; afval-fined wenn 1i a,,

at-i-ts rear. side, and :a pece'cf'. A.'

the basel-byu. hinged, as Shown v At the upper end of the rear side of the case A there aretwo hooks,'e,by which the lan-v ternmay he suspended from or hooked intov v the sideof atent when required. These hooks, when net required for use, may be turned down bythe side of thev case so as t0 be entirely out of the way. At the bottom f of the lantern there is a cylindrical flange, D, which-encirclsa circular Y openinginlthe bottom, j', and E isatube, the

" bottom g of which screws on the tube.

upper'end ofthe tube is contracted -by a flange,

1L," and'aspi'r'al spring, F, is insertedin the tube to bearaga-instthe lower end' of thecandle G and keep the top of the 'same pressed against thelange h. By this arrangement the can- (lle `is allowed `-v` to burn and its upper end always kept in cont-act' withtheilange so asl lowed to slide freely-in the tia-nge D7 so thatfA it may be shoved entirely 'within'the case or drawn `cutfrom it as far as desired, or entirely outfromit when necessary.v To prevent the socket-from b'ei'ngcnsually drawnout freni the yca se. I h-ave a'1')roj`ecti on ,n theexterior of the upper end of the .tubewhich s lidesthroug'h a's10't,-j, in-:the flangeD.l ByV turning the socket so that 'the projection' z' willbe ont ot' line with the slotj, the tub'ewill be prevented- -i'rom being'casually-drawn ont of the case.`

When the lantern is iu'use, the tube'E is dra'wnl out frein-'th .case -suicicntlyfar to bring the ilani'e'opposite the center of the glass 4laas shown in Fig.1.. l The case If design to haveconstructed of sheet inetahtinned.-plate. Theccver B nniyl alsobe oi" .the saine. material. I; prcposeftof luse 11n-solder.' f-lhejbaek `and sides may be struck' 111 p;o' '11 t cfa, single piece, and the strips 1k-k, at-the' vupper and lowerlparts offtlieront vthrough Q them lips on' the ad:

The v so as to slide within the ease and capable of being' shoved entirely within it and drawn out -whollyT or partially from it, substantially as.

and for the purpose herein set forih.

CHARLES D EAVS.

`Witnesses: 

